Rapid and simple diagnosis of Chlamydophila pneumoniae pneumonia by an immunochromatographic test for detection of immunoglobulin M antibodies

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1128-1131

  Miyashita, Naoyuki ^a   Ouchi, Kazunobu ^a   Kishi, Fumio ^a   Tabuchi, Mitsuaki ^a   Tsumura, Naoki ^b   Bannai, Hisaichi ^c   Iwata, Satoshi ^d   Tanaka, Toshihiro ^e   Oka, Mikio ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION TOKYO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 47649114570     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00085-08     Document Type: Article

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